Tempted by current 360 deals

Bubo · 20 Mar 2008 at 10:30

A local shop which sells games near me has some 360 offers on at the mo. Premium plus Halo3 and PGR4 for £199.99 and Elite with same games for £259.99 I think it was. I'm leaning towards the premium cos at that price I can just about overcome my predujices regarding failure rates and the consequent hassle. Not knowing much about 360's I gather the premium has a smaller hard drive and no hdmi. Assuming the 360 will be used for playing games only and not for storing films/music etc, do people manage with a 20gig drive? Also is hdmi significantly superior to component/vga when hooked up to a HDTV?

beachBOYken · 20 Mar 2008 at 10:34

i think all premiums have hdmi now

Kyle009 · 20 Mar 2008 at 10:39

20gb is more than enough for game saves/demos and the like.

if its a new premium then it should have hdmi also.

eyetrip · 20 Mar 2008 at 10:43

That premium deal is really great. Paid a lot more only just a month ago, and that didn't even come with Halo 3...

Abooie · 20 Mar 2008 at 10:51

All 360s have hdmi (arcade, pro & elite).

20gb is plenty for standard use.

Miguél · 20 Mar 2008 at 11:02

ffallic said:
That premium deal is really great. Paid a lot more only just a month ago, and that didn't even come with Halo 3...

You got ripped!! I paid £225 just before christmas and that included, halo 3, wireless controller, forza2 and viva pinata!! Although that was including 10% off. Fortunately I don't feel too ripped off hehe

Make sure you check you are getting the 175w PSU version as this means it has the newer falcon chipset.

slambo69 · 20 Mar 2008 at 11:30

To the OP thats a really good deal. The premium comes with a big enough hard drive and should come with hdmi.

PGR4 is also an excellent game.

PiKe · 20 Mar 2008 at 11:33

Miguél said:
Make sure you check you are getting the 175w PSU version as this means it has the newer falcon chipset.

I'm currently using my original PSU with my new 360, there's no issue with that is there?

Bubo · 20 Mar 2008 at 11:39

Miguél said:
Make sure you check you are getting the 175w PSU version as this means it has the newer falcon chipset.

Thanks for the replies, think I might go for it. Regarding the falcon chipset, is there any other way of ensuring it is one of those? I'm predicting if I ask them in the shop about the wattage of the power supply I may get blank looks.

TheDean · 20 Mar 2008 at 11:42

Bubo said:
Thanks for the replies, think I might go for it. Regarding the falcon chipset, is there any other way of ensuring it is one of those? I'm predicting if I ask them in the shop about the wattage of the power supply I may get blank looks.

It say's 175W on the box. Google will help. There is a deal on at the moment that is: Xbox 360 Premium, Lost Oddessy, Halo 3 & Assassins Creed for £210. :eek:

yaboy · 20 Mar 2008 at 14:25

if you look around you can find a premium with halo3, pgr4 and lost oddessy i think it was for same price

ssmacc · 20 Mar 2008 at 14:50

Do all the HDMI ones output 1080p - the same as the elite?

PiKe · 20 Mar 2008 at 14:52

ssmacc · 20 Mar 2008 at 14:56

PiKe said:
Yup.

Thanks...now is it worth £60 just to match my TV! (Elite or Premium...)

NokkonWud · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:00

I wouldn't say so. You can get some great deals on Xbox360 Pro models, so I'd stick to those over the Elite personally, but I care more about the machine and how it plays to what colour it is.

Miguél · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:01

Bubo said:
Thanks for the replies, think I might go for it. Regarding the falcon chipset, is there any other way of ensuring it is one of those? I'm predicting if I ask them in the shop about the wattage of the power supply I may get blank looks.

Just make sure it says 175W on the side of the box, near where it tells you the serial number

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PiKe said:
I'm currently using my original PSU with my new 360, there's no issue with that is there?

Nope no issues with that

If you were using the 175w psu with the old xbox you may have had a problem

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JaFFa · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:25

The best deal I have seen was for 210 quid a 360 premium with halo 3, assassins creed and lost odyssey!

Now that's value.

TheDean · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:28

JaFFa said:
The best deal I have seen was for 210 quid a 360 premium with halo 3, assassins creed and lost odyssey!

Now that's value.

lol....

TheDean said:
There is a deal on at the moment that is: Xbox 360 Premium, Lost Oddessy, Halo 3 & Assassins Creed for £210.

JaFFa · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:39

TheDean said:
lol....

great minds.

ok then I saw one with another two games on top of that for 250 !

WatchTower · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:39

To confirm the HDMI thing yeah I bought the 360 Premium Tuesday and it has a HDMI port but I was shocked to see no more silver trim around the harddrive.